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Jul 9, 2022 · [This story contains spoilers for Thor: Love and Thunder .] The final moments of Thor: Love and Thunder propel the film’s leading man into new territory. Before the credits roll, the film...
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By Tom Power
published 7 July 2022
Major spoilers follow for Thor 4
Here's what Thor 4's ending and post-credits scenes mean for the MCU. (Image credit: Marvel Studios)
Major spoilers follow for Thor: Love and Thunder. You've been warned.
In a bid to stop Gorr the God Butcher from killing, well, every god in the MCU, Thor and company travel to Omnipotence City – the parliament of pantheons where the MCU's gods convene to discuss pressing matters concerning the universe.
Thor, Jane (aka The Mighty Thor), Valkyrie, and Korg implore Zeus, Omnipotence City's commander-in-chief, to aid them in their quest. However, a reluctant and arrogant Zeus turns them down, saying the gods are safe in Omnipotence City, and any gods already slain by Gorr were worth sacrificing in the grand scheme of the cosmos.
Zeus also tells Thor what Gorr's likely masterplan is: Gorr wishes to reach the gates of Eternity, a secret location where one of the MCU's cosmic entities – i.e. Eternity – resides. In the comics, Eternity is the de facto leader of abstract beings known collectively as the Cosmic Powers of the Marvel Universe. Eternity's powers are limitless but, in Thor: Love and Thunder, Gorr is after one specific ability that Eternity possesses: that being, the power to alter the universe in any way that it (or another being) sees fit. As long as someone wishes for it, anyway.
If Gorr reaches Eternity, he can wish for anything he wants – unsurprisingly, Gorr's wish is to wipe out every god in existence. Oh, and to make matters worse, Zeus says the quartet can't leave either, as Gorr will be able to find Omnipotence City, learn of Eternity's location, and carry out his masterplan.
Enraged, Thor calls Zeus a coward – a comment that infuriates Zeus and leads to a battle between Zeus' guards and Thor's gang. In the ensuing skirmish, Zeus' thunderbolt weapon strikes Korg – destroying the Kronan's body in the process.
Devastated, Thor takes his anger out on Zeus. He catches Zeus' thunderbolt, throws it back at the Olympian god, and pierces Zeus' heart with his own weapon. Zeus falls from his floating platform and appears to die from his chest wound. Thor grabs Zeus' thunderbolt – the weapon they supposedly need to stop Gorr. Thor, Jane, Valkyrie, and Korg – who is surprisingly still alive after his head survives Zeus' attack – flee on their cosmic barge, which is towed by Thor's screaming goats in Toothgnasher and Toothgrinder.
Returning to Earth, a desolate and Stormbreaker-less Thor is given even more bad news: Mjolnir is inadvertently killing Jane faster than previously thought. Every time she uses Mjolnir, it drains her life energy, meaning that Jane's body is unable to continue fighting the stage four cancer she's afflicted with. Thor subsequently forbids Jane from using Mjolnir any more and, acquiring Zeus' thunderbolt from Valkyrie, heads to the gates of Eternity to face Gorr alone.
Upon arrival, Thor finds Gorr already using Stormbreaker to, well, break the gates of Eternity. He rescues New Asgard's children and, instructing them to find a weapon, uses his famous "if they be worthy, they shall possess the power of Thor" speech to imbue the kids' makeshift weapons with his lightning superpowers.
Empowered by Thor, the kids help the Norse god slay Gorr's shadow monsters, creating a path for Thor to reach Gorr. Thor, though, is still no match for his adversary, who nearly kills him with the Necrosword.
Back on earth, Jane feels every blow that Thor takes – the duo are intertwined, after all, through their connection to Mjolnir. The hammer calls out to Jane to help its former master and, despite Thor telling her not to, Jane chooses to wield Mjolnir once more. Using the Bifrost, she travels to the gates of Eternity to rescue Thor and turn the tables on Gorr.
As Jane battles the God Butcher, Thor releases Stormbreaker from its shadow-bound prison. The two Thors team up and break the Necrosword and, to stop it reforming, Jane uses Mjolnir's shards to trap the Necrosword's broken blade. Calling forth her lightning powers one last time, Jane destroys the Necrosword, freeing Gorr from the blade's curse.
However, the two Thors are too late. Stormbreaker and the Bifrost opened the gates of Eternity before Thor could stop them, allowing Gorr to walk into Eternity's realm and wish for the destruction of the MCU's gods.
It appears that Thor won't have long to bask in the glow of another galaxy-saving adventure, though.
In Thor: Love and Thunder's first post-credits scene, it's revealed that Zeus is still alive. Although, judging by his somewhat breathless state, and the fact that his wound doesn't seem to be healing that well despite the medical attention he's receiving, it's uncertain if he'll survive for much longer.
Still, he's clearly got an ax (see what we did there?) to grind with Thor. Zeus angrily insists that the cosmos will learn to fear its gods again, he calls on his son to embark on a quest to find Thor and take his life.
The camera pans up and over to Zeus' offspring – and it's none other than Hercules! Not only that, but Hercules will be portrayed in the MCU by Brett Goldstein, who plays fan favorite character Roy Kent (and also co-writes) Ted Lasso, the hit Apple TV Plus show. Well well well, we did not see that coming.
It seems that Jane's MCU journey may not be over yet either. Okay, we all saw Jane die at the end of Thor: Love and Thunder, but the film's actual post-credits scene suggests that she could appear in the MCU down the line.
As it turns out, Jane rocks up at a beautiful looking location – in Asgardian robes no less – following her death. And, after she gets over the initial shock of being "alive" again, she's greeted by Idris Elba's Heimdall, who perished at Thanos' hands in Avengers: Infinity War. After a brief exchange of pleasantries, Heimdall welcomes Jane to Valhalla.
So, could Marvel Studios be planning a Jane Foster/Mighty Thor spin-off? It's possible, plus MCU insiders (such as MyTimetoShineHello) have claimed that Portman's Foster could get her own film or TV series. Time will tell if such a project is put into active development but, if enough Marvel fans want it, we wouldn't be shocked if the Disney subsidiary greenlights one.
Thor: Love and Thunder is available in theaters worldwide now.
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